Mawuena Addo Books & Quotes

“POVERTY CRIME When you push people Into the throes of poverty They tend to think their value low And so do they yours They will not think it grave To lose their low valued lives And so will they not yours”

Poverty Crime Murder Suicide Human Value

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“Human hearts are made to bleed at the sight a precious item destroyed, irrespective of who owns the item.”

Heart Humanity Loss Human Nature

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“Everyone’s got a little devil inside them, I’ve just learned to control mine that’s why you’ve not seen it yet; I advise you to keep yours under control before it ruins you.”

Human Nature Pride Devil Self Control

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Now please let me introduce myself I’m the wealthy charming man Been here on earth for many, many years Many hearts, faiths and souls I stole I was around and watched Jesus Christ Had his faith, doubt and pain Conned goddamn Pontus Pilate To wash his hands and doom his soul Thrilled to meet you Do you guess my name Thought I’m in hell but no I’m right here That’s the puzzling nature of my game”

God Hell Devil Jesus Christ Rolling Stones The Game Pontus Pilate Sympathy For The Devil

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“I’ve come to believe that the true splendor of roses shine through their reflection in the eyes of our loved ones. That is why we give roses to people we love; to show them the reflection of beauty and splendor of love in our own eyes, as we see it in their eyes”

Roses

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“MY DEAREST MY EVER CRUSH I couldn’t have wished anything more Than that the spaces between my fingers Were filled with yours As I strolled and sample the best of NYC today I wish that every wish become real, and all dreams true Because in my dreams I am always with you Our friends both envy us and rejoice for us We are ever madly in love and think less of who cares I can’t wait to see you again True Love”

Love Romance True Love Crush New York City

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“Life is like the wind on the ocean; if it is against you, it doesn’t really matter what direction it comes from or what direction it blows. It also doesn’t matter what you do or fail to do. So you are better off doing whatever you want.”

Life Inspirational Destiny Wind Storm Willpower

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“In a state of anomie, the absence of justice becomes the panacea for justice”

Justice Injustice Anomie

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“MOUNT PLAASMOORDE If ever you visit South Africa And do Leave the brilliant beaches of Cape Town for a moment Climb Mount Plaasmoorde Witkruis monument And you’ll see the victims of apartheid White crosses marking a thousand white victims Planted in the earth of a million black victims They lie dissolved in the humus of the soils They were too many to have their own marked graves Too many to build black crosses for And just too hard to forget about Because they make the soil under your feet black”

Racism South Africa Apartheid Cape Town Plaasmoorde Witkruis Monument

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“Some say your whole life appears before you like a TV when someone is about to shoot you, but the reality is you barely have any brain control beyond thinking about the muzzle and the finger on the trigger.”

Reality Gun Shooting Tv Muzzle Final Moments Final Thought

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“One would expect Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who is said to have studied history, to know better and act better, but he too rejects all advice and criticism and runs around obliviously in a coach plastered with pictures of his grandmother abusing her captives, including women and children. You might imagine the bigoted Donald Trump to be riding a coach like that in a mock presidential parade in his dreams, but certainly not a twenty first century Dutch royal. I wonder if he ever considered how their Calvinist pomposity affected the psyche of black and white children.”

Racism Slavery Bigotry Dutch Donald Trump The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

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“How could the eagle-eyed politicians of The Hague, who specialized in pointing out the tiniest specks in other people’s eyes, overlook someone riding a racist coach in their own neighborhood?”

Racism Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“How remorseless must one be find pleasure in riding a Wilhelmina golden coach in the 21st century.”

Racism Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy

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“Nobody would be riding a racist Wilhelmina golden coach today in The Hague if the Dutch hadn’t swept unpleasant aspects of their history under the rug.”

Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

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“Bigotry is what you get when you substitute the illusion of holiness for fair-minded enquiry.”

Bigotry Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

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“Bigotry will always find a way where people are kept in a bubble of ignorance.”

Bigotry Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

Author:Mawuena Addo

“There is hardly any other country that got as filthy rich through human trafficking and slave trade as the Netherlands.”

Bigotry Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“Did you know that even 50 years after all other countries had abolished slavery, the Netherlands refused to?”

Slavery Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach 29 Bigotry

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“Just as the Netherlands was the last country to abolish slavery, they are still the last one opulently celebrating racism; the English had to force the Dutch to abolish slavery in the late 19th century and now the US and the UN are forcing them to stop celebrating bigotry in the 21st century”

Slavery Bigotry Dutch The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

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“MUSEUMS OF INFAMY A dynasty that thrived on And blatantly celebrates Racism and anti-Semitism Belongs not to the 21st century But the throes of history In the museums of infamy Under the banner ‘House of Orange”

Bigotry Dutch Anti Semitism Museum The Netherlands The Hague Dutch Monarchy Wilhelmina Golden Coach

Author:Mawuena Addo

“The Dutch West India Company and the Dutch East India Company, which were the biggest slave trading companies in history, enjoyed monopolies over the shipment and sale of African slaves.”

East India Company West India Company

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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“The press can’t do shit about corruption in Africa without the masses. Everybody knows the offices that ask for bribes and everybody continues to pay. So reporting an incident of corruption in the media is like announcing that the sun rises in the morning.”

Media Corruption Africa The Press

Book:Roses in the Rainbow

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